CALLIDE A POWER STATION

SHOWING THE WORLD HOW IT WORKS

The Callide A Power Station in central Queensland is an example of the older conventional coal-fired power stations that generate the majority of the world’s electricity.

The Callide A Power Station has been chosen to demonstrate that coal fired power generation can be done with very low emissions by applying new processes to old technology.

At Callide A the oxyfuel technology will be retro-fitted to the existing boiler

This technology will then be tested under “live” conditions. At the end of the demonstration, experts are confident the technology will prove that carbon capture is an efficient and economical way to lower CO₂ emissions. The technology will then be actively marketed to the many hundreds of coal-fired power stations across China, Europe and the USA and create a whole new era of low emission coal energy.

Callide 'A' Power Station

Commissioned 1965:
Recommissioned 1998

Capacity 120: megawatts

Units 4 x 30: megawatts

Transmission voltage: 132 kV

Fuel: Black coal

Boiler Height: 30 metres

Furnace temperature: 1200 °C

Chimney Height: 76 metres

Exhaust gas temperature: 44 °C

The Callide Oxyfuel Project will prove to the world that we don't have to dismantle the past to create a cleaner future

David Brown, Chief Executive, CS Energy.

The year the Callide ‘A’ Power Station was commissioned.
Located near Biloela in central Queensland, Australia, the Callide Power Station actually comprises 3 stations – Callide ‘A’, Callide ‘B’ and the Callide Power Plant, (Callide ‘C’).

Callide is coal-fired with eight steam turbines with a combined generation capacity
of 1,720 MW of electricity. (Enough to provide power to about 2 million homes). Callide ‘A’, with four 30MW turbines, was refurbished in 1998. It was put in “storage” in 2001 in readiness for its conversion to Oxyfuel technology.